Similar Articles |
|
Chemistry World November 12, 2014 Iain A Smellie |
Organic chemistry: structure, mechanism and synthesis This book contains all the key concepts one would expect in a good core organic chemistry textbook. The content also extends towards biochemistry and molecular biology. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Paul Duckmanton |
Chemical structure and reactivity: an integrated approach (2nd ed) Chemical structure and reactivity by Keeler and Wothers aims to topics usually covered in an undergraduate chemistry course in a more holistic way than the traditional organic, inorganic, physical boxes many are familiar with. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Gan Shermer |
Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry. |
Chemistry World July 10, 2013 Iain Smellie |
Organic chemistry principles in context: a story telling historical approach Organic Chemistry Principles in Context by Mark Green joins a large selection of excellent textbooks currently available to organic chemistry students. |
Chemistry World June 2007 |
Student Book Reviews Chemistry for CSI Fans... At the Heart of Molecular Biology... A Broad Vista of Chemistry...Rings Are Not Just for Carbons... etc. |
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 John Hayward |
Student inspiration The second edition of Organic Chemistry by Clayden and others, has undergone a substantial overhaul and yet still retains the features that made it quite so attractive to students in the first place. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2013 Paul Duckmanton |
Problems in structural inorganic chemistry This book by Wai-Kee Li and others, is a very welcome addition to the realm of undergraduate level textbooks. |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 David Smith |
Understanding Nanomaterials Understanding Nanomaterials by Malkiat Johal, offers a useful overview which could easily be adapted into an undergraduate program at a final year level, or make a good foundation course for graduate students. |
Chemistry World October 10, 2014 Simon Ward |
The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action (3rd edition) The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action is a long-running textbook, first appearing over 20 years ago. |
Chemistry World November 2007 |
Book Reviews A review of books on: good clinical & laboratory practices, green chemistry, environmental chemistry, organic reactions in water, universal asymmetry, and molecular models for fluids. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2013 John Hayward |
Science of synthesis workbench edition: water in organic synthesis If a chemist is looking to do chemistry in (or on) water at the bench, Water in organic synthesis by Shu Kobayashi will be their guide. |
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Ann Dixon |
Biochemistry Essentials of Biochemistry by Herbert Fromm and Mark Hargrove, is aimed at undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students with a specific interest in the subjects of cellular metabolism and enzyme reaction mechanisms. |
Chemistry World October 30, 2013 Paul Duckmanton |
Inorganic chemistry Originally written to support a single semester course at two universities in Illinois, US, Inorganic Chemistry, James House, provides a comprehensive overview of the subject. |
Chemistry World August 7, 2014 Christopher Exley |
Bioinorganic chemistry This type of text was not available in the early days of bioinorganic chemistry and may now serve to fast track our understanding of the topic. |
Chemistry World April 2009 Martin & Moss |
The changing shape of chemistry, 1998 to 2008 There is much more variety, choice and diversity in modern undergraduate chemistry, but at what price? |
Reactive Reports Issue 45 |
Star Picks Chemistry Web sites: Chemists Celebrate Earth Day: Resources... Doing Chemistry... Chemistry Question... |
Chemistry World October 12, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Chemistry Nobel laureate Richard Heck dies Richard Heck, the organic chemist who shared the 2010 chemistry Nobel prize with for developing palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions, has died aged 84. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Lorenzo Caggiano |
An introduction to medicinal chemistry (5th edition) An introduction to medicinal chemistry, by Graham Patrick, is exactly that and more. It is an essential text aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying aspects of medicinal chemistry. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2011 Sean Milmo |
King's College resurrects chemistry department King's College London is reopening its department of chemistry in 2012, eight years after it was closed due in part to a sharp drop in the popularity of the subject. |
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
A solution to fluoronium riddle The first evidence for hypervalent fluorine cations, or fluoronium ions, in solution has been found by US chemists. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2013 Andy Extance |
Electron flashes catch organics in the act Researchers based in Canada, Germany and Japan have overcome the difficulties of collecting diffraction data on small organic molecules to make atomic-scale recordings of their movement. |
Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Ross McLaren |
Back to the future: old reactions to help the new Researchers from the US have delved into the history of organic chemistry to help chemists better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule. |
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Henry Rzepa |
Pericyclic reactions The second edition of Pericyclic reactions by Ian Fleming comes at a timely moment -- the 50th anniversary of Robert Woodward and Roald Hoffmann's seminal text on the stereochemistry of electrocyclic reactions. |
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Derek Lowe |
Name reactions: how does the label stick? Some of these names go back to the 19th century, and many more of them come from the first decades of the 20th. Once in a while, I wonder if the tradition is dying out. Are we still naming chemical reactions after their discoverers? |
Chemistry World March 30, 2015 Katrina Kramer |
Chemistry: a very short introduction I heartily recommend this book -- it is an enjoyable read both for chemists and non-chemists alike. Part of the Very short introduction series, it fits perfectly into every suit or lab coat pocket. |
Reactive Reports Issue 49 |
Star Picks Chemogenesis is an e-book that goes in depth into chemical reactions and reactivity... Check out the Wiki books on chemistry for an open source chemistry textbook... |
Chemistry World February 20, 2015 Paul Yates |
Calculations in chemistry The book provides a useful source of chemistry calculations but would need to be used in conjunction with books on physical chemistry and mathematics as appropriate for the audience. |
Chemistry World March 16, 2011 |
Inspirational science Seong Keun Kim is head of the Molecular Reaction Dynamics Laboratory at Seoul National University, Korea. He uses spectroscopic, microscopic and computational methods to investigate a wide range of subjects from molecular physics and nanoscience to cell biology. |
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley |
Dick Wife An interview with the chemical IT scientist and co-founder of SORD, a scientific publishing company that seeks to solve the problem of organizing the myriad of undocumented chemistry and the chaotic mess of the commercial database. |
Chemistry World October 2009 |
Column: In the pipeline Derek Lowe discusses the problem of leaning too heavily on favorite reactions |
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Jonathan Edwards |
Textbook Reaction Has a Subtle Twist The SN2 bimolecular nucleophilic substitution, a textbook reaction fundamental to organic synthesis, has a subtle twist, according to researchers. |
Chemistry World February 12, 2013 Daniel Read |
Introduction to polymer rheology In this book, Montgomery Shaw aims to produce a readable text that covers the basics of polymer rheology, at a level accessible to a more mathematically minded chemistry undergraduate. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2014 Robert Jackson |
UCL chemistry department: 1828--1974 As well as describing the history of University College London chemistry, this book mentions the staff, as well as information about the buildings occupied. There's plenty of chemistry as well, which is a very nice touch. |
Chemistry World January 11, 2013 Marie Cote |
Following her passion Veronique Gouverneur is professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK. She investigates fluorine chemistry and is working on developing novel synthetic methodologies for the preparation of fluorinated targets. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2015 James Morey |
Organic synthesis: state of the art -- 2011--2013 This book would be ideal for those needing to be on top of the literature in synthetic organic chemistry, but who don't have the time to read the ever-increasing body of pertinent articles. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2008 |
Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Paul Duckmanton |
Inorganic chemistry The depth of coverage of topics in Inorganic Chemistry by R. Gopalan, seems variable in comparison to other inorganic chemistry textbooks. |
Chemistry World November 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Organic synthesis set for auto-pilot Peptides are routinely made by machines that couple together amino acid components. Could organic synthesis ever get this simple? |
Chemistry World February 2012 |
Column: In the pipeline Every lab should have a common working language (presumably that of the country where it's located), and it should be the responsibility of every person in it to be able to at least get along with its basic vocabulary. |
Chemistry World August 2010 |
Let's get physical The field of physical chemistry is booming, as more and more scientists seek to understand their work on a molecular level |
Chemistry World July 10, 2013 Karl Collins |
An 'Aye' for details Today, using methods developed by masters of their trade, the modern greats of total synthesis demonstrate that almost any molecule can be prepared given time and effort. |
Chemistry World September 4, 2015 Christine Cardin |
X-ray crystallography This Primer is a revised edition of Bill Clegg's popular student text first published in 1998. I |
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 |
Chemistry at Sussex under threat again The department, which topped The Guardian's 2010 university league table for chemistry, is set to lose some 40 per cent of its faculty, according to Phil Parsons, head of organic chemistry at Sussex. |
Chemistry World June 24, 2012 |
An Invaluable Resource In the new edition of "Organic Syntheses Based on Name Reactions: A Practical Guide to 750 Transformations," the authors deliver a comprehensive guide to named reactions in organic synthesis. |
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
UK chemistry student numbers hold steady University chemistry departments across the UK are breathing a sigh of relief as the number of people applying to study chemistry has held steady despite a large increase in tuition fees for degree courses in England and Wales. |
Chemistry World February 20, 2013 Amy Middleton-Gear |
Ohmic heating for efficient green synthesis Portuguese scientists have developed a new ohmic-heating reactor for organic syntheses on water, or chemistry using an aqueous suspension of the reactants. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Duncan Macquarrie |
Environmentally friendly teaching Green Organic Chemistry in Lecture and Laboratory edited by Andrew Dicks covers a wide range of key themes, ranging from the 12 principles of green chemistry via various different approaches to conventional synthetic procedures, waste management and more. |
Chemistry World October 22, 2013 Marie Cote |
Oliver Kappe: Freedom to explore Oliver Kappe is professor of chemistry at the University of Graz in Austria. Research in the Kappe group focuses on enabling technologies for synthesis, including microwave and continuous flow methods. |